' CH. MUHAMMAD ARIF, J.---It is contended that the date of birth of the petitioner as recorded in his Matriculation Certificate before joining the, service with the Punjab Police was indicated as 11-6- 1939. On petitioner's application to the concerned Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, the above date of birth was corrected to read as 1-5-1941 and a Resolution of the Board in that regard was passed on 7-4-1966. The correction made in the Matriculation Certificate as above was not reflected in the Service Record Book of the petitioner although a copy of the duplicate Certificate of Matriculation was received in the Office in the year 1964-65 i,e, within a year of his joining service on 7-3-1964. Theprecise plea is that the Punjab Service Tribunal is in error of jurisdiction in not adverting to the admitted position that petitioner is not to blame for the inaction of the respondent-Department.
2. To consider the above question, leave is granted and the operation of order, dated 19th of May, 1999 directing petitioner's retirement with effect from 10-6-1999 is suspended with the result that he shall be treated in service, meantime.